By Jun Ashley | Project Manager
Dear Donors,
We hope everyone is doing well and remaining healthy during these times. Due to the continued spread of COVID-19 and travel restrictions, our Boston Trauma Fund, which provides financial support to children who have the opportunity to come to America to receive free medical treatment at Shriners Hospital for Children, located in Boston, is still suspended at this time.
We really appreciate your continued support and trust during this time. In 2020, we received nearly $30,000 in donations. Given all the restrictions, we haven’t been able to support as many children as we would like. We did spend approximately $9,000 on January 3, 2020 to support six children in China. Given that our work is currently on hold, we are asking all of you to temporarily hold your donations to us. Once restrictions are lifted, we will provide an update to all of you.
During the past year, we continue to follow up on the children we have supported in the past, and we’d like to share recent updates from Boshen, who is turning 13 this year.
Boshen had burns over 38% of his body following an accident at his grandparents’ home when he was 5 years old. His lower body was severely injured in that fire. After 10 months of surgeries and treatments, in November 2013, Boshen came to the United States for the first time and was treated at Shriners Children’s Hospital in Texas. Following that, Boshen returned to the United States for treatments in 2015 and 2018.
We recently reached out to Boshen’s mother. She expressed her concern that Boshen is reaching the age for middle school. In the area where Boshen lives, the only middle school option is a boarding school program. Although Boshen has recovered well, he is still not able to walk normally and is very slow. His elementary friends have been helping him commute to school right now, carrying his backpack for him. Once at the boarding school, Boshen’s mom is concerned that Boshen won’t be able to take care of his daily life, spending too much time just to navigate the classrooms, dormitory and cafeteria. Boshen’s mother is reaching out to the boarding school to see if he can get some assistance. Because of his trouble in walking, Boshen’s spine has been impacted as well and has started to curve. We are hoping when all the travel restrictions are lifted, Boshen gets an opportunity to come back to the United States to get that treated.
Sincerely,
A Life A TIme Foundation
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